Golf Training Assembly

ABSTRACT

A golf training assembly for training a golf swing includes a hat that is worn on a user&#39;s head. A first light emitter is embedded in the brim to emit a beam of light downwardly onto a golf ball when the user is preparing to swing a golf club. In this way the user&#39;s head may be retained in a preferred posture for swinging the golf club. A second light emitter is embedded in the brim to emit a beam of light downwardly in front of the golf ball when the user is preparing to swing a golf club. Thus, the second light emitter provides a visual reference for aiming.

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION (1) Field of the Invention (2) Descriptionof Related Art Including Information Disclosed Under 37 CFR 1.97 and1.98

The disclosure and prior art relates to training devices and moreparticularly pertains to a new training device for training a golfswing.

BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above bygenerally comprising a hat that is worn on a user's head. A first lightemitter is embedded in the brim to emit a beam of light downwardly ontoa golf ball when the user is preparing to swing a golf club. In this waythe user's head may be retained in a preferred posture for swinging thegolf club. A second light emitter is embedded in the brim to emit a beamof light downwardly in front of the golf ball when the user is preparingto swing a golf club. Thus, the second light emitter provides a visualreference for aiming.

There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more importantfeatures of the disclosure in order that the detailed descriptionthereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that thepresent contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There areadditional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafterand which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.

The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features ofnovelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out withparticularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of thisdisclosure.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF SEVERAL VIEWS OF THE DRAWING(S)

The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than thoseset forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to thefollowing detailed description thereof. Such description makes referenceto the annexed drawings wherein:

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a golf training assembly according to anembodiment of the disclosure.

FIG. 2 is a front view of an embodiment of the disclosure.

FIG. 3 is a bottom phantom view of an embodiment of the disclosure.

FIG. 4 is a right side view of an embodiment of the disclosure.

FIG. 5 is a perspective in-use view of an embodiment of the disclosure.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view of an alternative embodiment of thedisclosure.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to FIGS. 1 through6 thereof, a new training device embodying the principles and conceptsof an embodiment of the disclosure and generally designated by thereference numeral 10 will be described.

As best illustrated in FIGS. 1 through 6, the golf training assembly 10generally comprises a hat 12 that may be worn on a user's head. The hat12 has a brim 14 and the brim 14 has a distal edge 16 with respect tothe hat 12 and a bottom surface 18. The hat 12 may be a baseball hat 12and any other hat 12 with a brim 14. The user may wear the hat 12 whilethe user is practicing swinging a golf club for driving, chipping andputting.

A first light emitter 20 is embedded in the brim 14 and the first lightemitter 20 emits a beam of light downwardly onto a golf ball 22 when theuser is preparing to swing the golf club. The user attempts to keep thebeam of light from the first light emitter 20 shining on a golf ball 22that is positioned on the ground. In this way the user's head isretained in a preferred posture for swinging the golf club. The firstlight emitter 20 is embedded in the bottom surface 18 of the brim 14.The first light emitter 20 is aligned with the distal edge 16 of thebrim 14 and the first light emitter 20 is spaced from a middle of thedistal edge 16. The first light emitter 20 may be a laser light emitteror the like such that the first light emitter 20 produces a visible spotof light on the golf ball 22.

A second light emitter 24 is provided and the second light emitter 24 isembedded in the brim 14. The second light emitter 24 emits a beam oflight onto the ground in front of the golf ball 22 when the user ispreparing to swing a golf club. Thus, the second light emitter providesa visual reference for aiming. The second light emitter 24 is embeddedin the bottom surface 18 of the brim 14. The second light emitter 24 isaligned with the distal edge 16 of the brim 14 and the second lightemitter 24 is spaced from the middle of the distal edge 16.Additionally, the second light emitter 24 may be a unitary structurewith respect to the brim 14 such that the second light emitter 24 isembedded in the brim 14.

The second light emitter 24 is spaced from the first light emitter 20 toshine two individual spots of light on the ground that are spaced apartfrom each other a distance ranging between approximately 25.0 cm and30.0 cm. The spot of light from the first light emitter 20 is positionedon the golf ball 22 and the spot of light from the second light emitter24 is positioned in front of the golf ball 22. The second light emitter24 may be a laser light emitter or the like such that the second lightemitter 24 produces a visible spot of light in front of the golf ball22.

A switch 26 is slidably integrated into the hat 12 and the switch 26 iselectrically coupled to the first light emitter 20 and the second lightemitter 24 to turn the first light emitter 20 and the second lightemitter 24 on and off. The switch 26 is selectively positioned in afirst on position to turn on only the first light emitter 20. The switch26 is selectively positioned in a second on position to turn on both thefirst light emitter 20 and the second light emitter 24. Additionally,the switch 26 is selectively positioned in an off position to turn eachof the first 20 and second 24 light emitters off. A power supply 28 isembedded in the hat 12 and the power supply 28 is electrically coupledto the switch 26. The power supply 28 comprises at least one battery 30and the power supply 28 may be removably positioned within the brim 14.

In an alternative embodiment 32 as shown in FIG. 6, a housing 34 may beprovided and each of the first light emitter 20, the second lightemitter 24, the switch 26 and the power supply 28 may each be embeddedin the housing 34. A clip 36 may be movably embedded in the housing 34and the clip 36 may frictionally engage a brim 14 of a hat 12 that doesnot have the first 20 and second 24 light emitters attached thereto.Thus, the first 20 and second 24 light emitters may be attached to anyhat for training the golf swing.

In use, the hat 12 is worn while practicing hitting a golf ball 22. Theuser's head is positioned such that the beam of light from the firstlight emitter 20 is positioned on the golf ball 22. Thus, the user'shead is positioned in a preferred posture for swinging the golf club.Moreover, the user attempts to keep the beam of light from the firstlight emitter 20 positioned on the golf ball 22 throughout the backswingand follow through of swinging the golf club. In this way the preferredposture is maintained throughout the swing thereby improving the swing.Additionally, the beam of light from the second light emitter 24 ispositioned in front of the golf ball 22 to serve as an aiming point fordriving the golf ball 22. An instructor can observe the motion of thespot of light from the first light 20 emitter to determine if the user'shead was in the correct position at impact.

During driving, the user will direct the beam of light from the firstlight emitter 20 onto the golf ball 22. Throughout the swing the userwill attempt to maintain the beam of light from the first light emitter20 on the golf ball 22. The beam of light from the first light emitter30 will tend to travel backwards from the golf ball 22 in a straightline during the backswing. The user will attempt to reposition the beamof light from the first light emitter 20 onto the golf ball 22 duringthe down swing.

During putting and chipping, the user will direct the beam of light fromthe first light emitter 20 onto the golf ball 22. The beam of light fromthe first light emitter 20 should remain on the golf ball 22 before andduring the stroke. The user directs the beam of light from the secondlight emitter 24 onto a selected aiming point in front of the golf ball22. The golf ball 22 will travel through the beam of light from thesecond light emitter 24 when the user maintains proper posture duringthe stroke.

With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized thatthe optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodimentenabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials,shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, aredeemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and allequivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings anddescribed in the specification are intended to be encompassed by anembodiment of the disclosure.

Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of theprinciples of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications andchanges will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is notdesired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operationshown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications andequivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of thedisclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used inits non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word areincluded, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. Areference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not excludethe possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless thecontext clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.

1. A golf training assembly being configured to train proper posture forswinging a golf club, said assembly comprising: a hat being configuredto be worn on a user's head; a first light emitter being embedded insaid brim such that said first light emitter is secured in a staticposition relative to said brim wherein said first light emitter isconfigured to emit a beam of light downwardly onto a golf ball when theuser is preparing to swing a golf club thereby facilitating the user'shead to be retained in a preferred posture for swinging the golf club;and a second light emitter being embedded in said brim such that saidsecond light emitter is secured in a static position relative to saidbrim wherein said second light emitter is configured to emit a beam oflight downwardly in front of the golf ball parallel to said beam oflight emitted by said first light emitter when the user is preparing toswing a golf club thereby facilitating reference point for aiming. 2.The assembly according to claim 1, wherein said hat has a brim, saidbrim having a distal edge with respect to said hat and a bottom surface.3. The assembly according to claim 2, wherein said first light emitteris embedded in said bottom surface of said brim, said first lightemitter being aligned with said distal edge of said brim, said firstlight emitter being spaced from a middle of said distal edge.
 4. Theassembly according to claim 2, wherein said second light emitter isembedded in said bottom surface of said brim, said second light emitterbeing aligned with said distal edge of said brim, said second lightemitter being spaced from said middle of said distal edge.
 5. Theassembly according to claim 4, wherein said second light emitter ispositioned on an opposite side of said middle with respect to the saidfirst light emitter wherein each of said first light emitter and saidsecond light emitter are configured to shine two individual spots oflight on the ground that are spaced apart from each other.
 6. Theassembly according to claim 1, further comprising a switch beingslidably integrated into said hat wherein said switch is configured tobe manipulated, said switch being electrically coupled to said firstlight emitter and said second light emitter such that said switch turnsaid first light emitter and said second light emitter on and off. 7.The assembly according to claim 6, further comprising a power supplybeing embedded in said hat, said power supply being electrically coupledto said switch, said power supply comprising at least one battery.
 8. Agolf training assembly being configured to train proper posture forswinging a golf club, said assembly comprising: a hat being configuredto be worn on a user's head, said hat having a brim, said brim having adistal edge with respect to said hat and a bottom surface; a first lightemitter being embedded in said brim such that said first light emitteris secured in a static position relative to said brim wherein said firstlight emitter is configured to emit a beam of light downwardly onto agolf ball when the user is preparing to swing a golf club therebyfacilitating the user's head to be retained in a preferred posture forswinging the golf club, said first light emitter being embedded in saidbottom surface of said brim, said first light emitter being aligned withsaid distal edge of said brim, said first light emitter being spacedfrom a middle of said distal edge; a second light emitter being embeddedin said brim such that said second light emitter is secured in a staticposition relative to said brim wherein said second light emitter isconfigured to emit a beam of light downwardly in front of the golf ballparallel to said beam of light emitted by said first light emitter whenthe user is preparing to swing a golf club thereby facilitating areference point for aiming, said second light emitter being embedded insaid bottom surface of said brim, said second light emitter beingaligned with said distal edge of said brim, said second light emitterbeing spaced from said middle of said distal edge, said second lightemitter being positioned on an opposite side of said middle with respectto the said first light emitter wherein each of said first light emitterand said second light emitter are configured to shine two individualspots of light on the ground that are spaced apart from each other; aswitch being slidably integrated into said hat wherein said switch isconfigured to be manipulated, said switch being electrically coupled tosaid first light emitter and said second light emitter such that saidswitch turn said first light emitter and said second light emitter onand off; and a power supply being embedded to said hat, said powersupply being electrically coupled to said switch, said power supplycomprising at least one battery.